Clinical Educator - Urgent and Emergency Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Education Faculty seeks a Clinical Educator to enhance the learning environment for nursing, midwifery and allied health learners within urgent care. You will supervise staff, deliver teaching sessions and support induction for new registrants in the clinical area.

You will hold an NMC registration or HCPC, with significant post-registration experience, and demonstrate leadership and educational expertise in a fast-paced acute hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field and supervisor/assessor training or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Support the quality of the clinical learning environment for non-medical learners and trust staff
• Model high professional standards and promote a culture of learning in practice
• Maintain a visible presence in urgent care learning environments, supporting staff and learners to meet their objectives
• Support those assessing and supervising learners across programmes
• Help supervisors, assessors, practice educators and managers integrate theory with practice for varied learners
• Keep accurate records of training, assessment and support, and report when asked
• Work in clinical practice alongside staff who need support and development
• Support induction and onboarding of new registrants in the clinical area
• Help staff access supervisor and educator training
• Deliver teaching sessions across clinical programmes
• Support trust-wide clinical training needs
• Provide professional development opportunities

Skills

Leadership qualities

Calm under pressure

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent

Postgraduate certificate in education (nice to have)

Tools

Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

This Clinical Educator post sits in the Education Faculty at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, supporting the Division of Emergency Care & Medicine. The work centres on the learning environment for nursing, midwifery and allied health learners, and the staff who supervise and assess them. Based in urgent care settings, it combines a visible practice presence, teaching sessions and induction for new registrants. Applicants need NMC or HCPC registration and significant post-registration experience, including time in an acute hospital.

What the job involves

• Support the quality of the clinical learning environment for non-medical learners and trust staff
• Model high professional standards and promote a culture of learning in practice
• Maintain a visible presence in urgent care learning environments, supporting staff and learners to meet their objectives
• Support those assessing and supervising learners across programmes
• Help supervisors, assessors, practice educators and managers integrate theory with practice for varied learners
• Keep accurate records of training, assessment and support, and report when asked
• Work in clinical practice alongside staff who need support and development
• Support induction and onboarding of new registrants in the clinical area
• Help staff access supervisor and educator training
• Deliver teaching sessions across clinical programmes
• Support trust-wide clinical training needs
• Provide professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field
• Supervisor and assessor training or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Registered nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register, or clinical professional registered with the HCPC

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience, some at senior Band 5 or Band 6 in an acute hospital setting
• Recent experience of working with students in an acute setting

Skills & knowledge

• Confident and calm manner with the ability to work under pressure
• Effective leadership qualities

Nice to have

• Postgraduate certificate in education or equivalent
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Ability to work autonomously, setting and measuring own targets